## Hosea Chapter 2

###### Hosea 2:1
[Hosea 2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/2:1)

וְֽ֠הָיָ֠ה מִסְפַּ֤ר בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ כְּח֣וֹל הַיָּ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־יִמַּ֖ד וְלֹ֣א יִסָּפֵ֑ר וְֽ֠הָיָ֠ה בִּמְק֞וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יֵאָמֵ֤ר לָהֶם֙ לֹא־עַמִּ֣י אַתֶּ֔ם יֵאָמֵ֥ר לָהֶ֖ם בְּנֵ֥י אֵֽל־חָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Yet the number of the children of Yisra᾽el shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered; and it shall come to pass, that instead of that which was said to them, You are not my people, it shall be said to them, You are the sons of the living God.


###### Hosea 2:2
[Hosea 2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/2:2)

וְ֠נִקְבְּצ֠וּ בְּנֵֽי־יְהוּדָ֤ה וּבְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יַחְדָּ֔ו וְשָׂמ֥וּ לָהֶ֛ם רֹ֥אשׁ אֶחָ֖ד וְעָל֣וּ מִן־הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּ֥י גָד֖וֹל י֥וֹם יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then shall the children of Yehuda and the children of Yisra᾽el be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Yizre᾽el.


###### Hosea 2:3
[Hosea 2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/2:3)

אִמְר֥וּ לַאֲחֵיכֶ֖ם עַמִּ֑י וְלַאֲחוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם רֻחָֽמָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Say to your brothers, ῾Ammi (My people;) and to your sisters, Ruĥama (Pitied.)


###### Hosea 2:4
[Hosea 2:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/2:4)

רִ֤יבוּ בְאִמְּכֶם֙ רִ֔יבוּ כִּי־הִיא֙ לֹ֣א אִשְׁתִּ֔י וְאָנֹכִ֖י לֹ֣א אִישָׁ֑הּ וְתָסֵ֤ר זְנוּנֶ֙יהָ֙ מִפָּנֶ֔יהָ וְנַאֲפוּפֶ֖יהָ מִבֵּ֥ין שָׁדֶֽיהָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Contend with your mother, contend: for she is not my wife, nor am I her husband: let her therefore put away her harlotry out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;


###### Hosea 2:5
[Hosea 2:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/2:5)

פֶּן־אַפְשִׁיטֶ֣נָּה עֲרֻמָּ֔ה וְהִ֨צַּגְתִּ֔יהָ כְּי֖וֹם הִוָּֽלְדָ֑הּ וְשַׂמְתִּ֣יהָ כַמִּדְבָּ֗ר וְשַׁתִּ֙הָ֙ כְּאֶ֣רֶץ צִיָּ֔ה וַהֲמִתִּ֖יהָ בַּצָּמָֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.


###### Hosea 2:6
[Hosea 2:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/2:6)

וְאֶת־בָּנֶ֖יהָ לֹ֣א אֲרַחֵ֑ם כִּֽי־בְנֵ֥י זְנוּנִ֖ים הֵֽמָּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are the children of harlotry.


###### Hosea 2:7
[Hosea 2:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/2:7)

כִּ֤י זָֽנְתָה֙ אִמָּ֔ם הֹבִ֖ישָׁה הוֹרָתָ֑ם כִּ֣י אָמְרָ֗ה אֵלְכָ֞ה אַחֲרֵ֤י מְאַֽהֲבַי֙ נֹתְנֵ֤י לַחְמִי֙ וּמֵימַ֔י צַמְרִ֣י וּפִשְׁתִּ֔י שַׁמְנִ֖י וְשִׁקּוּיָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For their mother has played the harlot: she who conceived them has acted shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.


###### Hosea 2:8
[Hosea 2:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/2:8)

לָכֵ֛ן הִנְנִי־שָׂ֥ךְ אֶת־דַּרְכֵּ֖ךְ בַּסִּירִ֑ים וְגָֽדַרְתִּי֙ אֶת־גְּדֵרָ֔הּ וּנְתִיבוֹתֶ֖יהָ לֹ֥א תִמְצָֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths.


###### Hosea 2:9
[Hosea 2:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/2:9)

וְרִדְּפָ֤ה אֶת־מְאַהֲבֶ֙יהָ֙ וְלֹא־תַשִּׂ֣יג אֹתָ֔ם וּבִקְשָׁ֖תַם וְלֹ֣א תִמְצָ֑א וְאָמְרָ֗ה אֵלְכָ֤ה וְאָשׁ֙וּבָה֙ אֶל־אִישִׁ֣י הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן כִּ֣י ט֥וֹב לִ֛י אָ֖ז מֵעָֽתָּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not catch them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then she shall say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then it was better with me than now.


###### Hosea 2:10
[Hosea 2:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/2:10)

וְהִיא֙ לֹ֣א יָֽדְעָ֔ה כִּ֤י אָֽנֹכִי֙ נָתַ֣תִּי לָ֔הּ הַדָּגָ֖ן וְהַתִּיר֣וֹשׁ וְהַיִּצְהָ֑ר וְכֶ֨סֶף הִרְבֵּ֥יתִי לָ֛הּ וְזָהָ֖ב עָשׂ֥וּ לַבָּֽעַל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For she did not know that it was I who gave her the corn, and the wine, and the oil, and multiplied silver and gold for her, which they used for the Ba῾al.


###### Hosea 2:11
[Hosea 2:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/2:11)

לָכֵ֣ן אָשׁ֔וּב וְלָקַחְתִּ֤י דְגָנִי֙ בְּעִתּ֔וֹ וְתִירוֹשִׁ֖י בְּמוֹעֲד֑וֹ וְהִצַּלְתִּי֙ צַמְרִ֣י וּפִשְׁתִּ֔י לְכַסּ֖וֹת אֶת־עֶרְוָתָֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore I will take back my corn in its time, and my wine in its season, and will take away my wool and my flax which were to cover her nakedness.


###### Hosea 2:12
[Hosea 2:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/2:12)

וְעַתָּ֛ה אֲגַלֶּ֥ה אֶת־נַבְלֻתָ֖הּ לְעֵינֵ֣י מְאַהֲבֶ֑יהָ וְאִ֖ישׁ לֹא־יַצִּילֶ֥נָּה מִיָּדִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand.


###### Hosea 2:13
[Hosea 2:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/2:13)

וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי֙ כׇּל־מְשׂוֹשָׂ֔הּ חַגָּ֖הּ חׇדְשָׁ֣הּ וְשַׁבַּתָּ֑הּ וְכֹ֖ל מוֹעֲדָֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will also bring all her mirth to an end, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her appointed times.


###### Hosea 2:14
[Hosea 2:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/2:14)

וַהֲשִׁמֹּתִ֗י גַּפְנָהּ֙ וּתְאֵ֣נָתָ֔הּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמְרָ֗ה אֶתְנָ֥ה הֵ֙מָּה֙ לִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתְנוּ־לִ֖י מְאַהֲבָ֑י וְשַׂמְתִּ֣ים לְיַ֔עַר וַאֲכָלָ֖תַם חַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I will blight her vines and her fig trees, concerning which she has said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the wild beasts shall eat them.


###### Hosea 2:15
[Hosea 2:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/2:15)

וּפָקַדְתִּ֣י עָלֶ֗יהָ אֶת־יְמֵ֤י הַבְּעָלִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תַּקְטִ֣יר לָהֶ֔ם וַתַּ֤עַד נִזְמָהּ֙ וְחֶלְיָתָ֔הּ וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ אַחֲרֵ֣י מְאַהֲבֶ֑יהָ וְאֹתִ֥י שָׁכְחָ֖ה נְאֻם־יְהֹוָֽה׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I will visit upon her the days of the Be῾alim, on which she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgot me, says the Lord.


###### Hosea 2:16
[Hosea 2:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/2:16)

לָכֵ֗ן הִנֵּ֤ה אָנֹכִי֙ מְפַתֶּ֔יהָ וְהֹלַכְתִּ֖יהָ הַמִּדְבָּ֑ר וְדִבַּרְתִּ֖י עַל־לִבָּֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.


###### Hosea 2:17
[Hosea 2:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/2:17)

וְנָתַ֨תִּי לָ֤הּ אֶת־כְּרָמֶ֙יהָ֙ מִשָּׁ֔ם וְאֶת־עֵ֥מֶק עָכ֖וֹר לְפֶ֣תַח תִּקְוָ֑ה וְעָ֤נְתָה שָּׁ֙מָּה֙ כִּימֵ֣י נְעוּרֶ֔יהָ וּכְי֖וֹם עֲלוֹתָ֥הּ מֵאֶרֶץ־מִצְרָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And will give her her vineyards from there, and the valley of ῾Akhor (Troubling) for a Gate of Hope: and she shall respond there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Miżrayim.


###### Hosea 2:18
[Hosea 2:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/2:18)

וְהָיָ֤ה בַיּוֹם־הַהוּא֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֔ה תִּקְרְאִ֖י אִישִׁ֑י וְלֹא־תִקְרְאִי־לִ֥י ע֖וֹד בַּעְלִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it shall be on that day, says the Lord, that thou shalt say, Ishi (my Husband;) and shalt no more say to me Ba῾ali (my Master.)


###### Hosea 2:19
[Hosea 2:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/2:19)

וַהֲסִרֹתִ֛י אֶת־שְׁמ֥וֹת הַבְּעָלִ֖ים מִפִּ֑יהָ וְלֹא־יִזָּכְר֥וּ ע֖וֹד בִּשְׁמָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I will take away the names of the Be῾alim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be mentioned by their name.


###### Hosea 2:20
[Hosea 2:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/2:20)

וְכָרַתִּ֨י לָהֶ֤ם בְּרִית֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא עִם־חַיַּ֤ת הַשָּׂדֶה֙ וְעִם־ע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְרֶ֖מֶשׂ הָאֲדָמָ֑ה וְקֶ֨שֶׁת וְחֶ֤רֶב וּמִלְחָמָה֙ אֶשְׁבּ֣וֹר מִן־הָאָ֔רֶץ וְהִשְׁכַּבְתִּ֖ים לָבֶֽטַח׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And on that day I will make a covenant for them with the wild beasts, and with the birds of the sky, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them lie down in safety.


###### Hosea 2:21
[Hosea 2:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/2:21)

וְאֵרַשְׂתִּ֥יךְ לִ֖י לְעוֹלָ֑ם וְאֵרַשְׂתִּ֥יךְ לִי֙ בְּצֶ֣דֶק וּבְמִשְׁפָּ֔ט וּבְחֶ֖סֶד וּֽבְרַחֲמִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I will betroth thee to me for ever; and I will betroth thee to me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loyal love, and in mercies.


###### Hosea 2:22
[Hosea 2:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/2:22)

וְאֵרַשְׂתִּ֥יךְ לִ֖י בֶּאֱמוּנָ֑ה וְיָדַ֖עַתְּ אֶת־יְהֹוָֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I will betroth thee to me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.


###### Hosea 2:23
[Hosea 2:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/2:23)

וְהָיָ֣ה**׀** בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא אֶֽעֱנֶה֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֔ה אֶעֱנֶ֖ה אֶת־הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְהֵ֖ם יַעֲנ֥וּ אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it shall come to pass on that day, that I will respond, says the Lord; I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth;


###### Hosea 2:24
[Hosea 2:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/2:24)

וְהָאָ֣רֶץ תַּעֲנֶ֔ה אֶת־הַדָּגָ֖ן וְאֶת־הַתִּיר֣וֹשׁ וְאֶת־הַיִּצְהָ֑ר וְהֵ֖ם יַעֲנ֥וּ אֶֽת־יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and the earth shall answer the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall answer Yizre᾽el.


###### Hosea 2:25
[Hosea 2:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/2:25)

וּזְרַעְתִּ֤יהָ לִּי֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ וְרִחַמְתִּ֖י אֶת־לֹ֣א רֻחָ֑מָה וְאָמַרְתִּ֤י לְלֹֽא־עַמִּי֙ עַמִּי־אַ֔תָּה וְה֖וּא יֹאמַ֥ר אֱלֹהָֽי׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them that were not my people. Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.